Gospel Q&A | In one’s faith in God one must not stray from the Bible; anything straying from the Bible is fake and heretical. Is this tenable?

    Bible Reference:

    “Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And you will not come to me, that you might have life” (Jhn 5:39-40).

    The Answer from God’s Word:

    The Bible is a historical book, and if you had eaten and drunk the Old Testament during the Age of Grace—if you had put into practice what was required in the time of the Old Testament during the Age of Grace—Jesus would have rejected you, and condemned you; if you had applied the Old Testament to the work of Jesus, you would have been a Pharisee. … During the time of Jesus, Jesus led the Jews and all those who followed Him according to the Holy Spirit’s work in Him at the time. He didn’t take the Bible as the basis of what He did, but spoke according to His work; He paid no heed to what the Bible said, nor did He search in the Bible for a path to lead His followers. Right from when He began to work, He spread the way of repentance—a word of which there was absolutely no mention in the prophecies of the Old Testament. Not only did He not act according to the Bible, but He also led a new path, and did new work. Never did He refer to the Bible when He preached. During the Age of Law, no one had ever been able to perform His miracles of healing the sick and casting out demons. His work, His teachings, His authority—no one had done this during the Age of Law. Jesus simply did His newer work, and even though many people condemned Him using the Bible—and even used the Old Testament to crucify Him—His work surpassed the Old Testament; if this were not so, why did people nail Him to the cross? Was it not because it said nothing in the Old Testament of His teaching, and His ability to heal the sick and cast out demons? His work was in order to lead a new path, it was not to deliberately pick a fight against the Bible, or to deliberately dispense with the Old Testament. He simply came to perform His ministry, to bring the new work to those who yearned for and sought Him. He didn’t come to explain the Old Testament or uphold its work. His work was not in order to allow the Age of Law to continue developing, for His work gave no consideration to whether it had the Bible as its base; Jesus simply came to do the work that He ought to do. … Why must God’s work be according to the Bible? Could it be that God has no right to exceed the Bible? Can God not depart from the Bible and do other work? Why did Jesus and His disciples not keep the Sabbath? If He were to keep the Sabbath and practice according to the commandments of the Old Testament, why did Jesus not keep the Sabbath after He came, but instead washed feet, covered head, broke bread, and drank wine? Isn’t this all absent from the commandments of the Old Testament? If Jesus honored the Old Testament, why did He defy these doctrines? You should know which came first, God or the Bible! Being the Lord of the Sabbath, could He not also be the Lord of the Bible?

The Church of Almighty God | Gospel Song "Only Those Who Accept the Truth Can Hear God's Voice"

Gospel Song "Only Those Who Accept the Truth Can Hear God's Voice" | Welcome the Lord Jesus' Return

Where there is the appearance of God,

there’s expression of the truth and the voice of God.

Only those who accept the truth

can hear God’s voice and witness His appearance.

Put away views of “impossible”!

Thoughts of impossible are likely to happen.

God’s wisdom soars higher than the heavens.

His thoughts and His work are far beyond all man’s thoughts.

The more impossible something is, the more there is truth to seek.

The more beyond man’s conception, the more it contains God’s will.

No matter where He appears, God is still God, God is still God.

And His essence will never change because of where He’s appeared.

Put your notions aside, quiet your heart, read these words.

If you yearn for the truth, God will let you know His will and words.

The Church of Almighty God | Christian Crosstalk "Prison Without Walls" | Where Is the Religious Freedom for the Chinese?

Christian Crosstalk "Prison Without Walls" | Where Is the Religious Freedom for the Chinese?

The crosstalk Prison Without Walls tells the story of Han Mei, who has fled abroad and looks back on her bitter times as a Christian living in atheist China. Han Mei was arrested by the CCP police for preaching the gospel, but even after her release she was unable to escape the evil hands of the CCP government. Trying to force her to give up her faith, they stopped at nothing to monitor and control her: surveillance devices, bugs, personal visits, plainclothes agents following her, and even following her outside of the region…. After experiencing pursuit, arrest, and persecution, Han Mei finally sees clearly the CCP's evil essence of resisting God and being an enemy of God, and so becomes even more determined to follow God to the end, no matter what it takes!

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The Church of Almighty God | The Testimony of a Christian "To Be an Honest Person Is Truly Great!" (Audio Essay)

    One day in 2004 a friend said to me: “Every day you get up early and are busy all day cutting cloth, you exhaust yourself, yet you still don’t make money. Today’s society relies on the tongue to make money, like the popular saying goes: ‘It is better to have a slick tongue than to have strong arms and legs.’ You know that I’m now engaging in the direct sales business selling makeup products, not only does it make me beautiful, I also don’t need to exert too much effort each day, I just need to speak a few words with my customers and sell my products in order to make a lot of money. Why don’t you change jobs and come sell makeup products with me?” I looked my friend over, she really was prettier than before, and then I thought about how I had been a dressmaker for over 10 years, how I hadn’t really made any money at it, and how I wasn’t getting any younger. If it really was like what my friend was saying, if by switching to a job where I sold makeup products I could make easy money, and could even become younger and prettier and win the high praises of others, then that would be much better! As I thought about this, I told her right then and there that I was willing to become a part of the company. Later, after my inspection, I ordered over 3,000 yuan worth of products, and I started my job in the cosmetics industry as a beauty consultant for this company.

The Church of Almighty God | Christian Short Film "The Days of Noah Have Come" | Warnings of the Last Days From God

Let's look back on mankind during the age of Noah. Man was engaged in all kinds of evil activities paying no thought to repentance. Nobody listened to the word of God. Their rigidity and evil aroused God's anger and in the end, they were swallowed up by the disaster of the great flood. Only Noah and his family of eight listened to God's word and were able to survive. Now, the last days have already arrived. Mankind's corruption is getting deeper and deeper. Everyone reveres evil. The entire religious world follows the tide of the world. They do not love the truth one bit. The days of Noah have already arrived! In order to save mankind, God has returned once more to do the judgment work of the last days amongst mankind. This is the last time that God saves man! What should mankind choose?

Christian Song "God's Love Has Melted My Heart" | The Love of God Never Leaves Us

Best Christian Songs "God's Love Has Melted My Heart" | The Love of God Never Leaves Us

Hearing Your kind call, I return before You.

Your words enlighten, I see my corruption.

I

I’ve often been cold to You, hurt and saddened You,

hard-hearted, rebelled, left You alone.

Why is Your love for man repaid with pain?

I hate my hard heart and my deep corruption.

Filthy, unworthy to see You, of Your love.

I am such a rebellious person,

how could I know Your heart, see Your love?

Your love is so real, I owe You so much.

You keep me company when I’m chastised.

Your heart aches with love when I’m refined.

When I’m sad, You’re there. What I lack, You give.

Facing Your love, my heart wants to break.

Your love has melted my frozen heart,

and now I have had a change of heart.

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    By Weiwei, United States

    “Are you Weiwei?”

    “Jingyi?”

    “Oh, Weiwei! My old neighbor! What a surprise to bump into you! We haven’t seen each other in years and we meet again in a foreign country. This really is by the Lord’s arrangement!”

    “Yes indeed! Thank the Lord!”

An Old Acquaintance From Home Brings Amazing News

    My name is Weiwei, and at the end of 2016 I came alone to a strange country—America—to work. I am a Christian, and so the church naturally became the only place I could feel at home. But I was disappointed to find that the pastor’s sermons were only either about theological theory, or else he talked about indulging oneself in food, drink and merriment, and even set a specific amount for us to donate. I felt that my life was not being provided for, and I felt great disdain for these methods, and so over time I ended up going less and less to church. After I bumped into Jingyi, I learned that Sister Jiang Ling from our home village was also living in the same city as us, and that her home was a meeting place. I was very happy to hear this, so from then on, I attended meetings with Jingyi at Jiang Ling’s house.